了解跨性别年轻人对艾滋病毒知识的差距:试点访谈研究
Danielle M DeMaio1, Ellis P Barerra1, Julian Post1
1Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital.
概括
跨性别年轻人往往缺乏关于预防艾滋病毒的暴露前预防 (PrEP) 的知识. 改善社区和学校的艾滋病毒教育对于解决信息缺口和误解至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
背景情况:
- 跨性别和性别多样性 (TGD) 个体面临的艾滋病毒风险较高,与 cisgender 同龄人相比.
- 在TGD年轻成年人群中,有关HIV预防方法,包括暴露前预防 (PrEP) 的重大知识缺口和误解存在.
- 了解当前的信息来源和学习偏好对于有效的艾滋病预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索跨性别和性别多样性年轻人在哪里获得有关艾滋病毒和PrEP的健康信息.
- 为了确定TGD年轻成年人对未来关于艾滋病毒和PrEP的学习的偏好.
- 为TGD青年提供针对性和有效的艾滋病毒预防教育的发展信息.
主要方法:
- 质量研究涉及14名跨性别和性别多样性年轻成年人的半结构化访谈.
- 采用主题分析来分析字面采访成绩单.
- 探索信息来源,知识差距和首选的学习方式.
主要成果:
- 出现了四个主要主题:需要可靠的教育材料,社区学习的重要性,关于PrEP的具体知识差距,以及缺乏早期,包容性的课堂教育.
- 参与者强调需要根据他们的经验提供可访问,可靠的信息.
- 社区和同行网络被认为是健康信息的重要来源.
结论:
- 针对艾滋病毒传播和预防的早期和包容性教育举措对TGD年轻人至关重要.
- 解决误解需要具有文化能力和值得信赖的教育资源.
- 以社区为中心的方法可以提高TGD人群中PrEP的认识和采用.
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